Verivue, Inc. Management Team

The Company's executives and founders are all experienced and successful entrepreneurs with extensive background in the design, development and marketing of innovative products for the service provider market segment.

James Dolce / Chief Executive Officer

As Chief Executive Officer, Jim is responsible for the overall management and strategic direction of the company. Before Verivue, he was Executive Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations for Juniper Networks, where he led the company's global sales, marketing, customer service and partner management. He joined Juniper in July 2002 through the acquisition of Unisphere Networks, where as President and CEO he guided the growth and eventual sale of the company. Before Unisphere, he served as founder and President of Redstone Communications, which he sold to Siemens in 1999. Before Redstone he was Vice President and General Manager of the remote access business unit of Cascade Communications, now Lucent. He joined Cascade in 1996 through the acquisition of Arris Networks, another Massachusetts-based company he founded in 1995. He also founded Promptus Communications in 1989, a manufacturer of digital network access products. He received his Bachelor of Science in electronic computer engineering from the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island.

Rubin Gruber/Vice President of Business Development

Rubin Gruber joins Verivue from softswitch pioneer Sonus Networks, where he served as founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Prior to establishing Sonus, he founded VideoServer, Inc. (now ezenia!), a manufacturer of videoconference network equipment. Before VideoServer, he served as Senior Vice President BBN Communications Corporation, where he introduced a new generation of packet-switching equipment. He also founded Davox, the leading supplier of outbound call-center systems and Cambridge Telecommunications (CTX), an early supplier of packet network access equipment. CTX was acquired by GTE and remains part of Sprint. He was a member of the board of directors for the International Softswitch Consortium, now called the International Packet Communications Consortium (IPCC) and was a founding member of the International Multimedia Communications Consortium (IMTC). He holds a B.Sc. from McGill University and an MA in mathematics from Detroit's Wayne State University.

Mike Hluchyj/Chief Technology Officer

As Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Mike is responsible for setting the company's technical direction and promoting ongoing innovation. Mike was Chief Technology Officer at Sonus Networks, a leading provider of voice over IP (VoIP) infrastructure solutions for carriers, which he founded in 1997. Before Sonus, he was Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Summa Four (acquired by Cisco), a leading supplier of intelligent, programmable switches for use in carrier networks. Prior to this, he was Director of Networking Research at Motorola Codex and on the technical staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and is widely published on subjects such as switching and traffic management in multimedia packet networks. He has been awarded 29 U.S. patents. Mike received his BS degree in electrical engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and his Masters and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Santosh Krishnan

Santosh Krishnan serves in the CTO office, where he contributes to product definition and architecture. Before Verivue, he was a founder of Invento Networks, a venture-backed broadband wireless equipment company. From 1995 to 2003, he was a research scientist at Bell Labs, where he made several pioneering contributions in the fields of packet switching and wireless systems. He was an architect of the Lucent ATLANTA chipset and the lead architect for an all-IP wireless router. He is published in several prominent networking journals and conferences and holds four U.S. patents. He holds a Ph.D. with distinction from Columbia University, an M.S. from SUNY, Buffalo, and a B. Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, all in Computer Science.

Christopher Lawler/Vice President of Engineering

As Vice President of Engineering, Chris is responsible for managing Verivue's engineering team and guiding the company's technology development. He is most recently from Juniper Networks, where as Vice President IP Edge and Service Management he was responsible for the company's highly successful "E-series" portfolio of IP Edge and Broadband Services Routing platforms. He joined Juniper in July 2002 through the acquisition of Unisphere Networks, where he served as Vice President and General Manager of IP Routing. Prior to Unisphere, he served as founder and Vice President of Redstone Communications and Director of Engineering in the LAN Switching Division of 3Com Corp. He joined 3Com in 1994 through the acquisition of Synernetics Inc., where he was initially Director Hardware Development, and then later Vice President Advanced Development. At both Synernetics and 3Com, he led product definition and product architecture for a number of successful LAN switch/router products. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA.

Mark Nasiff /Chief Financial Officer

As CFO, Mark is responsible for all financial aspects of the Company. He joins Verivue from Juniper Networks where he served as Vice President of Worldwide Sales Processes and Operations and before that Vice President of Sales Finance. In these roles, he worked closely with Juniper's global sales team, channel partners and customers. He joined Juniper in July 2002 through the acquisition of Unisphere Networks, where he served as CFO. Before Unisphere he served as Corporate Controller at Dragon Systems, a provider of advanced speech recognition products and LTX Corporations, a manufacturer of semiconductor test equipment. He received his Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from Bentley College in Waltham, MA and began his career with KPMG, LLP.

Ganesh Pai

Ganesh Pai is a member of the engineering team and a key contributor to software architecture at Verivue. He joins the Company from NetDevices, where he was a software architect responsible for various components of the SG Family Services Gateway. Prior to NetDevices, he served as Engineering Manager and Software Architect at Sonus Networks. There he was responsible for the architecture of the PSX Policy Server, Gateway Mobile Switching Center (MSC) and Application Server Platform. Ganesh received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Mangalore University, India and a Master of Science in Computer Science from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.

Uma Reddy

Uma Reddy is a software manager responsible for the design and development of key elements of Verivue's system software. He joins the Company from NetDevices Inc, where he served as Director of Software Engineering, responsible for various components of the SG Family Services Gateway. Prior to NetDevices, he worked in the CTO office at Sonus Networks. There he led the development of the PSX Policy Server and contributed to IMS and FMC initiatives. Uma received his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from Madras University, India and a Masters degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Alabama.

Robert Ryan/Vice President of Hardware Development

As Vice President of Hardware Development, Rob is responsible for Verivue's hardware design, development and verification. He joins Verivue from Enterasys Networks, where he served as Senior Vice President of Core Engineering responsible for all internally developed switching and routing products. He joined Enterasys in April of 2003 through the acquisition of Tenor Networks, where he was a founder and Vice President of Engineering. Prior to Tenor, he was Director of Hardware Development at 3Com in the LAN Switching Division. Before 3Com, he was Director of Hardware Development at Kendall Square Research, a manufacturer of massively parallel computers, and managed the hardware development of VS minicomputers at Wang Laboratories. He has been awarded 6 US patents. Rob received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.

Carl Simone / Vice President of Manufacturing

As Vice President of Manufacturing, Carl is responsible for Verivue's manufacturing strategy to optimize new product introduction, supply chain activities and transition to volume production. He joins Verivue from Juniper Networks where he was Vice President of Manufacturing Operations. He joined Juniper in July 2002 through the acquisition of Unisphere Networks, where he served as Vice President of Manufacturing. Prior to Unisphere, he was Director of Manufacturing for Redstone Communications. Before Redstone he held key manufacturing, engineering and management roles at Ascend, Cascade, Bytex and Raytheon. He holds a Master's of Business Administration degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a Bachelor of Science in engineering technology from Central New England College of Technology.

Stephen Van Seters/Vice President of Software Development

As Vice President of Software Development, Steve is responsible for Verivue's software design, development and quality assurance. He joins Verivue from Juniper Networks, where he served most recently as Chief Engineer and earlier as Vice President of Software. He joined Juniper in July 2002 through the acquisition of Unisphere Networks, where he served as vice president of software development. Prior to Unisphere, he was founder and Vice President of Redstone Communications and Director of Software Engineering in the LAN Switching Division of 3Com Corp. He joined 3Com in 1994 through the acquisition of Synernetics Inc., where he was Director of Software Development. Before Synernetics, he managed development of networking products for Prime Computer. Steve received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.